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Cardiac Tamponade Complicating Disseminated Non-tuberculous Mycobacterial Infection Involving the Pericardium: A Case Report

Alexander S. Manguba Jr, Jaime Alfonso M. Aherrera, Antonio L. Faltado Jr, Melissa A. Llanto, Raul D. Jara
Jun 2013 DOI 10.69944/pjc.598ed10d2d

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Alexander S. Manguba Jr., MD, Jaime Alfonso M. Aherrera, MD, Antonio L. Faltado Jr., MD, Melissa A. Llanto, MD, Raul D. Jara, MD 

Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital 

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